Breed Apart: From the Collections of the American Kennel Club

Paperweights shaped like pugs, bronze casts of Labrador retrievers and oil portraits of terriers are among the works gathered in A Breed Apart: The Art Collections of the American Kennel Club and the American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog, which features dog art from the last 200 years. William Secord (Dog Painting 1840- 1940) focuses on European and American painting of the 19th century (the high-water mark of both dog painting and dog breeding) with special attention to the pioneering Sir Edwin Landseer, animal painter to Queen Victoria. There are some impressionist-inspired 20th-century paintings as well, but not a single poker table anywhere.